I'm currently in a off season style of training, trying to bring up weak points and improve body composition for the duration of the summer. At the end of summer I will reevaluate where I stand, and decide whether I would like to compete in the late fall, or wait until the XPC Finals in March of 2016.
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Sunday I was back to some competition grip benching and with the reverse band set up again. Long story short, I went for a rep PR and missed it. My first two reps were just so so, and honestly I probably should have just shut it down there, but I went for a third and missed. I've mentioned many times how I hate missing reps, but given the state my body was in after the tough squat training and being days without AC, my body probably was trying to tell me something and I ignored it. Live and learn. I'm confident that I'll come back and get this in two weeks. Other than that, the training session went pretty well. After two weeks I can tell my body composition and conditioning is MUCH better, so once my body stabilizes that I think some big PR's are going to ensue.
Oh by the way, according to some authors, my exorcist set up in the picture is cheating.
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Items Used in this Training Session
Pro Mini Bands
Chains
Meadows Single Row Handle
E-Series Core Blaster
Warm Up
DB Bench Press - 50's x4x12
Mini Band Face Pulls - 100 total reps
Band Rotations - 3x15/side
A1) Reverse Mini Band Bench Press
45x10
95x5
135x5 - add reverse mini bands
185x3
225x3
275x3
295x3
315x3
340x2 (missed third)
300x7
270x12
B1) Close Grip Floor Press vs Chains
95x8 - add 2 chains per side
135x8
155x8
175x8
185x7
175x8
C1) Neutral Grip DB Bench
3x12-20
D1) V Bar Pressdowns
100 total reps, heavy
E1) Meadows Row, Neutral Grip
5x15
F1) Hammer Curls
3x20